Pile system	Load capacity (MN)	Length (m)	Advantages	Disadvantages
Prefabricated, driven concrete piles	0,3 - 1,5	3 - 100	* Codes exist * Manufactured in factory * Can be held in stock * Standardised dimensions * Can be jointed * Long experience * Economical	* Soil displacements * High noise level * Vibrations * Heavy equipment needed
Driven piles, steel and iron	0,1 - 1,5	< 50	* Different pile dimensions * Low displacements * Can be jointed * Certified (X- and G-piles) * Can be held in stock * Can be inspected (G-pile)	* Susceptible to corrosion * Relatively high cost * Risk of brittle failure for rail piles
Bored piles	3 - 20	< 60	* Heavy loads * No displacements * Quiet * Little vibrations * Buckling-resistant * Small deformations	* Relatively high costs in hard soils, boulders and sloping rock or below water level * Difficult in liquefiable soils
Steel core piles	0,5 - 3,5	< 50	* No displacement * Point bearing * Small deformations * Drilled * Can penetrate hard layers * Corrosion-protected	* No codes * High cost * Noisy
Large diameter steel pipe piles	1,0 - 4,0	< 60	* High loads * Welded joints * Buckling-resistant * Can sustain heavy driving	* Conservative use of material * Soil displacements * Noisy * Vibrations * Risk of corrosion * Heavy equipment
Slender steel pipe piles	0,14 - 0,35	< 35	* Light pile elements * Easy to joint * Small soil displacements * Certified * Light equipment * Can be held in stock * Can be inspected	* Slender * Sensitive to corrosion * Small loads